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Oh dear! I can’t believe you are still without power! We got ours back Tuesday night, thank goodness! I’m over by Central Jersey, near Sayreville. It felt like a lifetime without it…but I feel really guilty having it now when thousands of people still don’t. You and your family are in my prayers, Shelly. Stay safe, and warm!

Seriously, you are like the one person that comes to mind every time I hear about the aftermath of Sandy. I’m so happy to hear you have things up and running to at least a civilized pace. You are a trooper….and still blogging through it all! Oh, and the cupcakes. A-MAZING. XO

Well even if you don’t have REAL power, I’m so glad you finally have at least something to get you through!! And now you can stress eat cupcakes – MAJOR win. These are pretty much chock full of all things good in this world!

I committed myself to making some sort of pumpkin cupcake with cream cheese frosting for an event this weekend with friends because I knew I would have all of the cupcakes. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe with us. I’ll be making these delicious looking things…I even have the white chocolate chips…yay!!

True Story: Before we got power back, I *vacuumed* on generator power. I know it was incredibly wasteful. I know it makes me seem absolutely crackers. But my house was filled with leaves from traipsing in and out to the generator, and power cords were draped every which way to Sunday to power the various things we needed. And I just.. lost it. If I spent one more minute looking at my filthy floors, I was going to tear my hair out. So I vacuumed. You gotta do what makes you feel normal in times of great stress. If James… Read more »

Ugh, I’m so sorry you still don’t have power. I hope that there’s at least some plan to restore it soon…and in the meantime, please feel free to eat as many of these cupcakes as you want. We all know calories don’t count when they’re baked on a generator. Psh.

“But to pass my time, I borrowed a neighbors kitchen who has a big, showy generator. She can run her oven, which I frankly think is kind of rude.”
Funny how you said that in your last post before this…I guess you’re the rude person with an oven that’s running and a big, showy generator. Kind of ironic.

I wish I was. Why would you make those two statements in a row? I bet there are a lot of people in NJ right now who would love to be able to afford a generator that runs their toilets, ovens, etc. and I think it’s ridiculous that you would be semi-complaining about the hurricane when you are a fortunate person who can afford to buy a nice generator (and you still have a house to use the generator in!). It’s basically an advertisement that your family has a bunch of money sitting around to buy a generator, that should… Read more »

I am assuming that you are saying that I shouldn’t buy a generator to heat my home that my small children live in? That’s pretty bold. And how in the world would you know that I HAVEN’T donated to those who are less fortunate than I? I was obviously trying to make light of a very difficult situation…and until you are living without power for 12 days and also being hit with a Nor’Easter on top of that, which left us with snow in an already freezing home, I will forget your ridiculously ignorant comment. Now excuse me while I… Read more »

I, too, live on the east coast and was hit by the storm. By some miracle, our power did not go out but many of our neighbors lost power or had damage from trees and branches falling. I have family living in New York, on Staten Island actually, whose store was absolutely destroyed and it isn’t getting rebuilt. No, I am not saying that you shouldn’t buy a generator, but to be publicly talking about it (and don’t deny that a generator that powers your heating system, plumbing, and stove costs thousands of dollars that many, many people who were… Read more »

If you actually read my first post, you would understand that I was making a joke..
My neighbor is a sweet friend with a sense of humor. If you didn’t get the joke then you and I aren’t meant to be friends.
The end.

Wow – I’m really sorry but I am extremely shocked at this comment. Really? How do you know she didn’t use credit card or take money from her kids college savings to pay for the generator. Judging, under any circumstances, is not cool… at all. I’m sad that you felt the need to make someone feel bad by simply making a statement that her situation isn’t any WORSE. Seriously? She had been without power for 11 days. Yes, she is fortunate to not have died or had her house torn apart, but good grief… what do you WANT? She’s been… Read more »

Where did I say that she bought a generator with cash? I just was irritated that in the post before this she was complaining about NOT having a generator, and then she suddenly had one. That doesn’t mean she and her family did not suffer as a result of the storm, or that she’s selfish. I also felt that this might make other people who can’t afford a generator feel bad.

Think of how many people you could have helped with the time and energy you spent here smacking Shelly’s hand for talking about her generator. I think it’s amazing to see her humor still intact after all she and her family have been thru.

These are so gorgeous. I cannot believe you’re baking with a generator. You rock. Sometimes doing normal things during these things just makes it all seem less harsh. I love your outlook and am hoping power gets restored soon.

These look great. I will be adding these to my thanksgiving desserts. But I want to saysomething to Miss leann but its not my blog and I don’t want to bring drama to your blog and I was taught if you can’t say something nice say nothing at all.

We bought an 8000-10,000..not sure what that means, but that’s what my husband told me 🙂 Definitely able to run the fridge..too bad we got it too late in the outage…I had to throw pretty much everything out! BUt I’ll be ready next time 🙂

TY so much for sharing this recipe & the great job you do with the pics & recipes, a big help to those of us who can cook but not so much bake! Def going to try to make with my g/k’s soon!
I’m so sorry for those of you that suffered & went without thro the storms~I can’t imagine!~My heart hurt so for the kids & elderly! I’m glad you & your family came thro it ok!

You could use all that cash you have lying around to come to my house. I have power and an oven, and a hankerin for some pumpkin cupcakes and cream cheese frosting. I personally think this arrangement is a match made in heaven.

I made these this afternoon, and they were absolutely amazing. The only thing I would change is cut the crumb mixture in half as I ended up tossing quite a bit. Very tasty!!! I had some leftover homemade sea salt caramel, so I drizzled that on the top. 🙂

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